The Alaskan Prisoners' Web Site

A World Wide Web Voice for Alaskan Prisoners and their families

The goal of this site is to provide a place and opportunity for Alaska's prisoners and their loved ones to share the experiences they've had while incarcerated by the Alaska Department of Corrections. By sharing this information we hope to:

  • 'Humanize' those who are imprisoned, and disclose the effect of imprisonment on their families and the  public at  large.
  • Awaken voting citizens to the fact that the Department of Corrections (DOC) has utterly failed to accomplish the tasks that the Constitution and common sense mandates-the reformation and rehabilitation of prisoners and the protection of the public;
  • To report on crimes and abuses against prisoners by DOC employees;
  • Address specific grievances and, hopefully, provide possible solutions to the dilemma of crime, rehabilitation, recidivism, and humane treatment of those we incarcerate.

More than 8 out of 10 prisoners who are released from Alaska's correctional institutions return to prison. What more needs to be said? Plenty and we want to say it here.

AN OPEN INVITATION:

Do you have a son or daughter in prison? A mother, father, husband, wife, a friend? Are they being provided with what they need to overcome an addiction, to learn a viable job skill, to get an education or develop the social skills necessary to survive and thrive in the free world? Are their medical or psychological needs being properly addressed? Have steps been taken, or offered, to heal the rifts in the fabric of your family, or to encourage your community to forgive and assist those who are released from prison to return to their homes and become productive citizens? Chances are the answer to these questions is an emphatic NO! and the public and your public servants and legislators need to be told..

Contact Us

* Since prisoners cannot access the Internet or this site, please print and share with them information you find here; encourage them to write us directly or to let you forward their essays, articles, stories, poetry or letters to us. Our address is:

                                           prisoners.org
                                           P.O. Box 244154
                                           Anchorage, AK   99524-4154

  • All submissions for posting must be TYPED, so that they may be scanned. Maintaining this site is very labor intensive. Any submissions not in a type written format cannot be posted.
  • Sorry, submissions for posting cannot be returned.
  • Since the DOC is vindictive and retaliation is a serious problem, we permit the use of pseudonyms or will withhold names upon request. We encourage both practices, just as we encourage you to name names when describing abuse, neglect, or crimes against prisoners.

 

* Editor's note: This site is being updated regularly, most recently November 2006. Please browse the links!!

 

 

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE, CLICK ON THE LINKS BELOW

Overcrowding & Out-of-State Transfers new
Greivance Process
Abuse/Neglect by DOC Staff new
Medical / Psychological Issues
Property Issues
Visiting / Telephones / Family Development new
Recidivism
Censorship
Religious Issues
Parole Issues new
Segregation
Laws / Case Law
Correctional Officers and Prison Administrators (the Bad, and the Good ) new
Poetry, Fiction, and Non-Fiction
Tony's blog
Site Links:
Donald "Mac" McDonald
Prison Activist Resource Center
Pennsylvania Prisoners
Hawaiian Prisoners
Many other prison activist and prisoner advocate links